Professional Baker Diploma
The Professional Baker Diploma offers a fast track to starting your baker career. Whether it’s yeast breads, breakfast pastries, or cookies, you’ll develop the skills to create delicious baked goods in any setting. You’ll gain essential baking school knowledge of procedures and ingredients that are key to success, preparing you to work in diverse baking environments—from in-store bakeries to independent establishments.
Est. time to completion:
9–12 months*
Credit hours:
54
Cost per credit hour:
$570
Top-ranked school
We’re ranked among the top 10 hospitality schools by University magazine.
Experienced faculty
Become the best by learning from the best. Our faculty are experts with credentials from the American Institute of Baking.
Personalized attention
Small classes mean more focused, hands-on learning.
Professional Baker Diploma
Curriculum
Overview
The Professional Baker Diploma covers basic and advanced baking skills, nutrition, and food service sanitation to prepare you for industry certification. Aspiring professional bakers should have a strong work ethic, patience, and an interest in the science of ingredients.
Courses
For course descriptions, see our Course Catalog.
Financial assistance
Financial assistance is available to those who apply and qualify. Talk with us to see if Federal Student Aid, scholarships, transfer credits, employer assistance, loans and grants, or military discounts are available to you.
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*Time length for program completion will vary depending upon the number of courses taken per term, developmental courses when required, transfer credit accepted, lack of continuous enrollment, etc.
The Baking & Pastry Arts program is part of Sullivan University’s College of Hospitality Studies.